The Unexpected Result.....

Well the tests have been returned this week and turns out I didn't do as well as I expected. It turns out that what I thought was Mathematical Induction was actually Complete Induction and vice vers. Unfortunately that took a big toll on my marks, the third question was where all the problems were. I realized that after I left the exam room that in (e1 op e2), e1 and e2 could both have x integers thus my proof didn't work. I incorrectly assumed that e1 and e2 would be the last set of variables surrounded by a single set of brackets. My procrastination has actually gotten worse for the last two weeks, after this test was returned I got a wake up call to control my laziness. I really need to get a head start on the assignments, got so many things due next week. University is a pain to keep up with, I think I see a grey hair.

What a Relief......O.o!

Welcome back to my little blog it has been a week since my last post. Hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving and didn't gain too much weight from turkey :P This past week has been very challenging! I could barely sleep with all the assignments and midterms due all at once, I guess it was all my fault for being such a big procrastinator. Anyways, today was the big day, as I walked into the room I just felt the life force sucked out of me. It was so gloomy inside and outside the building which made things extra dramatic. When it was time to begin the test, I took one deep breath and started reading all the questions carefully. Let's just say that it was way more straight forward than I thought it would be. I'm so glad that I attended all those tutorials to get the solutions from the tutorial questions. All that extra work and studying really paid off at the end. I haven't felt satisfied with my tests for a long time but I think this was one of the best tests I've done in university. I am so glad that the load for this course will be lighter for at least a week so I can now switch focus to another course and start stressing there. Anyways I have so much work to catch up on, I'll probably write another short post this weekend. Hopefully we can all take it easy for the rest of this week.

First Impressions of the Course and Assignment 1

    Since this is my first entry of my very first blog, I've decided to begin by expressing how I feel about this course. To be honest, taking this course is really frightening. I was worried that I would get the same professor that I had before (I just couldn't follow along with the way he taught. I've had extremely great difficulties in the past and had to experience overwhelming stress. Seeing that Danny Heap was my instructor, it was as if I won the lottery. I've had Danny before for another course and he definitely explains course material and examples really well. Now back to assignment 1 handout, it seems that I really need to pay more attention to reading the question...let's just say that I was extremely confused reading question 1. It may seem ridiculous but it's probably because I haven't spent any time in summer doing educational things. I was reading the line "Use Complete Induction to prove that a^2 ternary tree...", I can't express the frustration I had while reading this part but after I realized that it was only a footnote rather than an exponent I just felt dumbfounded and laughed for 5 minutes. I've definitely learnt from my mistake and that next time I should analyse the page first. This year I am actually doing my homework and practice questions, also I've learned that attending tutorials does help! I've found that solving proofs actually bring a sense of accomplishment to me and now I can finally see why people need proofs. Well, this is the end of my very first entry, I hope you enjoyed reading about my experiences and please tune in next time for my next entry.